About Lady Jayne Weatherby
Lady Jayne Weatherby, the only main character not to be mentioned in Bram Stoker’s original novel, is involved with the mysterious Order of the Dragon, seemingly as a vampire hunter. She becomes quickly, and romantically, entangled with the subject of her hunt – Dracula/Alexander Grayson – at great risk to her position within the Order… and her life.
About Victoria Smurfit
A native of Dublin, Smurfit is a member of one of Ireland’s most prominent families. Educated at St. Columba’s College in Dublin and St. George’s School in Ascot, England, she finished her studies at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 1997, she introduced herself to television viewers on the BBC series “Ivanhoe” followed by the BBC miniseries “Berkeley Square.” Her breakthrough role came on the BBC series “Ballykissangel.” Other series roles include those on the Channel 4 drama “North Square,” Granada TV’s “Cold Feet” (which ran in the U.S. on Bravo), ITV’s “Trial & Retribution” (playing the lead role of Detective Chief Inspector Roisin Connor) and more recently, the Irish RTÉ series “The Clinic.” Among her other TV projects are telefilms such as “The Shell Seekers” with Vanessa Redgrave, Agatha Christie’s “Marple: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side” and The Hallmark Channel’s “Honeymoon for One,” along with a guest-starring role on the ABC series “Missing.”
